Kantau Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Kantau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 96 | 1:1,377,596 | 94,593 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kantau (36) may also be a first name.
Kantau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kantau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kantau (Hindi: कन्तौ) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kantau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kantau is the 1,849,867th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Kantau live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 36 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 1,377,596. In Indonesia Kantau is most common in: Gorontalo, where 42 percent live, North Sulawesi, where 40 percent live and West Kalimantan, where 13 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kantau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kantau in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्तौ | kantau | 66.67 |
| कान्ताु | kantau | 33.33 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kantau
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